ghosa

The noun is inherited from Sanskrit घोष (ghoṣa). The grammatical term is a semantic loan from Sanskrit घोष (ghoṣa, “voiced”).

ghosa m

1. sound
2. shouting, wailing (as of ghosts)
3. voice

ghosa

1. (grammar) voiced
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎, page 6; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     घोसाघोस इच्चनेन क्वत्थो? वग्गे घोसाघोसानं ततियपठमा (१।३।७)।

     Ghosāghosa iccanena kvattho? Vagge ghosāghosānaṃ tatiyapaṭhamā (1-3-7).

     'Voiced' v. 'voiceless', what is the usage of this? In a division the third and first are the starts of the voiced and voiceless. (1-3-7)

• aghosa (“voiceless”)

• → Burmese: ဃောသ (ghau:sa.) (learned)